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Bassekou Kouyate

Born: August 7, 1966

From his early days in Bamako when he was playing in a trio together with Toumani Diabate and Keletigui Diabate till today where he is pursuing his own career, Bassekou has transformed the traditional music of the ngoni into the modern world of today. With his band ngoni ba he has created a new lineup as a quartet with a band's style of playing. The ngonis they play are still acoustic as in the old days, but Bassekou invented a bass ngoni even lower in pitch than the ngoni ba (low ngoni), and added extra strings to make their instruments harmonically more flexible. In the process Bassekou opened up the magic of an age-old music that he and his band have been playing for their entire lives, to people all over the world. Bassekou Kouyate has now become the ambassador of the ngoni

Amanda Tiffin

Amanda Tiffin (Piano and vocals) belongs to a new crop of jazz artists: musicians who are not only passionate and ambitious about their music, but who go the extra mile to polish their talent through formal training. Amanda graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1999 with a Masters Degree in jazz composition and vocal performance. She has gone on to become one of Cape Town’s best-loved vocalist-pianists, and a respected Musical Director/Arranger, orchestrator and composer. Amanda has performed extensively in South Africa in numerous Jazz venues, Concert Halls and festivals. She appeared in London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and tours regularly as a jazz artist in Japan

Andile

Born: August 9, 1961

Born in Cape Town. South Africa in 1962.

Max ZT

“I think we’re in the midst of a mass awakening,” says Max ZT, “a kind of collective reprioritization. It feels like we’ve been forging our way through the darkness, and now the light is finally about to break through.” 

With Daybreak, Max’s mesmerizing new album of hammered dulcimer music, the light has arrived. Recorded at home in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fully-improvised instrumental collection channels all of the hope and fear and pain and discovery of these past few years into a captivating sonic journey that’s equal parts medicine and meditation. The songs here are spare and deliberate, calling on Indian, African, and Celtic traditions as they move with grace and wonder, and the performances are nothing short of entrancing, managing to showcase both Max’s virtuosic command of his instrument and the innovative approach that’s earned him widespread acclaim. A national champion performer, Max has been praised as the Jimi Hendrix of the hammered dulcimer by NPR, but Daybreak isn’t about fireworks or flash. Instead, the album is an offering, an ego-sublimating invitation to step outside of yourself and find peace and comfort in reflection. 

Usonic

USONIC is an all out world fusion band founded by Percussionist / Drummer Miles Bould and Bass / Guitarist Scott Firth Prior to this project both Miles and Scott were in a fusion band called PEOPLESPEAK. This band wrote and played a track on the STEPS AHEAD album YIN YANG. Their track “AGITATE the GRAVEL “ was described as “ BEST CUT ON THE ALBUM “ Miles and Scott have also toured, worked in the studio or written with : Steps Ahead, Sting, Robert Palmer, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Beyonce, Joan Armatrading, Level 42, Billy Ocean. The Spice Girls, Melanie C, Morcheeba, Steve Winwood among others. Both Miles and Scott have worked passionately for the last 3 yrs putting the USONIC album EVOLUTION “ together”

Le Boeuf Brothers

Born: August 3, 1986

Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf (saxophone and piano) are part of a growing New York jazz scene characterized by odd time signatures, alternative rock, and the influences of artists such as Radiohead, Brian Blade and Kurt Rosenwinkel. What makes the 23-year-old Le Boeuf Brothers sparkle among other young jazz musicians is their uncanny ability to communicate with each other using their own secret musical language. This isn't surprising when you discover that Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf are identical twins. In their short musical career, the Le Boeuf Brothers (pronounced “le buff”) have garnered an impressive tally of national and international awards and accomplishments, the most notable being the ASCAP/IAJE Commission honoring Quincy Jones, which premiered at the 2004 IAJE conference and featured tenor saxophonist Chris Potter. The Le Boeuf Brothers have also received awards from Downbeat Magazine, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, and dominated the 2006 Independent Music Awards, winning Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Song for their prior release “Migration”

David Tang

I operate a recording studio and teach Recording Arts Technology and Music Production at the Vancouver School of Arts & Academics in Vancouver, WA, USA.

The Air Department

The music of THE AIR DEPARTMENT represents an inspired and artful collaboration between composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer ROGER EBACHER and master drummer DENNY PELLETIER.

ROGER EBACHER is a recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, composer, and producer, with over 40 years of professional stage and studio experience. Appearing on his own highly reviewed CD's as a consummate flutist (Flutation Device, Backyard Carneval), with numerous guest CD appearances on a variety of instruments, Roger's compositional skills and music cover Jazz, Fusion, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Flamenco, African, and other world music. Roger has twice been the featured guest artist on Boston's premier jazz radio program, Eric in the Evening (WGBH-FM, 89.7), and his music has been on the airwaves all over North America, Europe, and as far east as India, Thailand, and Russia. Roger's newest musical venture, THE AIR DEPARTMENT, represents further explorations into World Music, combining the musics of the Middle East, India, Brazil, Cuba and beyond with Ambient, Electronica, Downtempo and more into a new sonic stew of ethnic fusion made for adventurous listeners in today's evolving musical universe.

Hananeel

Hananeel, a fusion jazz band with a new innovative sound created from the influences of jazz, fusion, rock, funk and gospel. The sound resonates with excitement, inspiration, and creativity from six of the most progressive minds in music today. Based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, band members, Peppy Smith on synths, Keith A. Phelps on synths and piano, Leland Crenshaw on guitar, Kenny Phelps on drums, Hamilton Hardin on guitar and sax, and Keith Phelps on bass have an extraordinary cohesiveness combining over 20 years of experience that constructs the foundation on which Hananeel’s musical structure resides

Nós Novo

Born: January 1, 1980

Nós Novo is a innovative quartet of jazz musicians who are exploring Celtic music with Afro-Brazilian grooves and open-ended improvisation. Led by vibist/percussionist James Shipp, the group seeks to open up the music of Ireland the same way Dizzy Gillespie did with Cuban music, and John Zorn did with the music of the Jewish diaspora. The members of the band are: James Shipp: vibes, percussion, shruti boxes, compositions, arrangements Jo Lawry: vocals, mandolin, fiddle, melodica Gilad Hekselman: guitar Rogerio Boccato: percussion The band has also featured the talents of: Keith Ganz: played guitar on "Strange Sweethearts..." and made lasting contributions to the sound of the band Kate McGarry: sang on "As I Roved Out" and "Fold" Becca Stevens: frequent special guest on vocals and charango/ukulele